Nut-lock.



of Fig- 2.

structure.

vide' with the improved locking means.

UNITED/suivies"iSATENr eFH-oni if muy' Chilean??? i known "thatI, HENRY 1P; WA'rsoN, 'a

ville the county; of Jefferson 'and'. State' of Kent'lcky, have invented anew'and' 'useful Nut-Lock, of. which thefol'lowingis aspeciiii.' cationg-1i` This -invention relates means lfor lock- Fing nuts Vand similar devices and thefobj ect is ,to provide' a v structurel rof a novel nature whereby a nut can be securely locked against detachment upon a shank, but maybe re.- leased, removed, and replaced, tif desired', without injury `to thenut, shank, orlocking means, said structure, furthermore,- being very simple and readily applic'iabl'evv to'varidus types and forms of nu-ts, bolts, and the llke. l l The referred v embodiment of the inven-. tion is i lustrated in the accompanying drawings, Whereini I Fi ure 1 is a view in elevation of'a bolt ro- 1g. v2 is a'longitudin'al sectional viewy therethrough. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectionalv view on the line 3 3 Fig.v 4' is an end elevation of the Fig. 5 is an end elevation of a sli htly-modiiied form of construction.

imilar reference-numerals designate correspondingparts in all the figures of the drawn the particular form shown a bolt is emi ployed com rising a shank 6,havin a head. 7 at one en .and having its other en thread-- ed, as shown at,.8. f The shank is providedin one sidewith a longitudinally-disposed slot 9,

i extending.transversely of the threadsvtothe` end of lsaid shank and having its outer end Adeeper than itsinner end, said slot vhaving its ybottom inclining toward said'outer end. At

the inner .end of the slot is formed a `r.igh`t-an ,Iggularly-disposed socket'lO', deeper than the slot, but separated therefrom'byfa lugrll'.y This lug is located directly at one side of the socket, terminating short of the outer face of.' the shank `and having a rounded outer face,

' as shown. A'locking device in the-form of a" spring wireor dog 12 extends*longitudinally in the slot 9, .being normally spaced from the bottom lthereof `and 'proj ecting beyond the,

face of the shank.` The inner terminal portion. of the dog is bent around -andover'the lug 11, as shown at 13 ,f and the end 14.is.seated. snugly in the socket 10. In order to hold i i SpecificationbillettersPatenti' fj iifppneafiqried pvri1529 .119o5.1 seria No; zaove. L

' Preis? Side of "the 'ser 1S Sra be employed havingreces'ses' v17",thev valls."`

passed through the articles tobe held and the ing`onethird being located in the slot thereiits's'l'ot, whereupon the nut isreleased and but the dog. will befou'nd to interlock sufficiently withv saidfnut to prevent ,its'lturning said end `14 in place and the 1portion 13 lupon the lug 11, the material of t e shank on op- Eafntedfiviacn 20,1.1'11906 portion 1'3'to'for`m apair'of retaining said lips thus constituting means for hol the doginpla'ce.

. #111151 6T Of any, .Suitable 'Shape is! errang.. -to be screwedy uponfthe 'threadedjportion of v the's lia'nkand'isA provided in its innerv f I' with avseries of recesses .17, adapted 'tb' receive .f

the cuter' portion of the loel'iingdogf `'In thv preferredlstructure these' recesses are vpr vided with substantiallyradi'al 4walls' 31S ,"cn-`1 stituting stops that abut against vtheffdog,

their opposite Walls 'being inclined, asjsliown at 19. Instead of this structure'a nut a'i'nay of whichare curved, asf shown at 18?. l The bolt illustrated -is employed in the ordinary manner-that is to say, the' shank is nut screwed upon the threaded end thereof.

As. said-nut revolves the dogwillbe'forccd into the slot 9 of the shank and will spring outwardly i'nto.therecesses 17 Because of., the inclined faces 19 as'long as the nutl is be-` 8c ing screwed u on the, shank it can rotate freely, said inc ined'faces forcing the dog into the slot. Aretrograde movement is, however, l prohibitedbythe shoulders 18, which .will strike the side of the dog and be prevented 85 from.mlovementA past the same. vIt will be observed'by reference to Fig. 4 that practically two-thirds of the outer or'tion of the dogprojects beyond the shan the rem-ain- 9o of, said ydog thus interlocking with both elements. i 4To' remove the bolt, it is only neces'- sary toforcethe dog by Suitable means' into 'can be readily unscrewed. In Fig. 5` the rounded walls ofthe recesses 17a serve to permit ,the turning of. thenut in either direction" when abnormal strain is'applied thereto-as, for instance, under the actionof ya wrench;

under ordinary conditions.l

From the foregoingit is .thoughtlthat construction, operation, and vmany advantages of'the herein-described inyention will be apparent to those skilledin the art without further description', and it will be understood.

.thatvarious changes in the size,shape. pro# portion, 'and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from pro l the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages. of .the invention.

IOO

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let# ters Patent, is

In adevice of the class described, a threaded shank having a longitudinal slot in one side for the reception of a dog, a socket deeper than the slot and located at the inner end thereof, and a bearing-lug located in the slot and separating the socket andslot, said lug being located directly at one side of the socket, terminating short of the outer face of the shank, and having a rounded outer bearingface, in combination with a spring lockingdog located longitudinally in the slot and having its inner end bent around the lug, which constitutes a fulcrum for the dog, s'aid end bearing against the lug and being seated in the socket for holding the dog against longitudinal movement in the slot, said dog furthermore having its outer side projecting belzo HENRY P. WATSON.

Witnesses:

J. D, BARNHILL, WM. P. BYHEE. 

